i liked his spirit, but it was misguided. he's going around thinking he's some sole protector of the peace in the war between animals and humans, IN A NATIONAL PARK. to convince you're protecting animals in what is protected land takes a level of self-delusion i've not really encoutered before.
could've done without the amateur dramatics of the coroner and that ex-girlfriend/employee. did anyone else get the vibe from her that she was putting it on just to be involved in the film? totally wasn't convinced every time she paused to think about what would be the most caring answer to herzog's questoins.

that bit was amazing. i did wonder why he was speaking english to the bears - perhaps he thought the tone of his voice would express what he was saying to them? this was only one of the things which showed he clearly had an outstanding lack of knowledge about animals and nature.
herzog got it right; tim thought they were his friends, but they only ever interacted with him with curiousity and aggression.
altering their habitat, getting involved with their fights, documenting their natural behaviour was all the exact opposite of pure nature.
funniest bit was probably when he went to discuss a fight with a bear who'd just had a chunk torn out of its neck and was laying still, on its way out. it's a grizzly bear that's just been fucked up by an even bigger grizzly bear and all this guy wants to do is try to film a scene showing people how close they are as friends. i'd fuck him up if i was that grizzer.

he was quite obviously a kook with some unaddressed issues, but he wouldn't have viewed his death as a result of him being dumb and messing around with nature and animals that were hard enough to rip apart animals their size, but as definite proof of absolute nature. he has lived with the bears, so he must help them like their offspring have. dying to support them.
would've been a nightmare to hang out with, but i can respect his eccentricites.